Gustaf Hildebrand • Damn Interesting https://www.damninteresting.com/author/gustaf-hildebrand/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 23:24:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Mobilis In Mobili https://www.damninteresting.com/mobilis-in-mobili/ https://www.damninteresting.com/mobilis-in-mobili/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:36:24 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=10695 Mobilis In Mobili:

The submarine, designated O-12 in U.S. Naval lingo, measured in at 175 feet long. She was, even by the standards of the early 1930’s, not a particularly impressive sight, with a brief career spent meandering about the then-quiet Panama Canal Zone. Decommissioned on 17 June 1924, she was consigned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard to […]

]]> https://www.damninteresting.com/mobilis-in-mobili/feed/ 17 The Spy Who Loved Nothing https://www.damninteresting.com/the-spy-who-loved-nothing/ https://www.damninteresting.com/the-spy-who-loved-nothing/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:29:54 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=ebook-exclusive&p=5572 The Spy Who Loved Nothing:

The meeting had not gone well, the man gloomily reflected as he was driven out of East Berlin. His head was still heavy after a few too many snifters of cognac. The American’s ambitious scheme to build a life and career in Moscow had sputtered to an unforeseen halt not unlike a Trabant’s two-stroke engine; […]

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